I have to agree. Nate drives me nuts with that. Still waiting to see who he starts through the first ten games and how our substitution patterns work, but I'm not in a pro-Nate camp at the moment.
What's even crazier is how much I now respect and miss the regular refs. Even if it's rigged at least 90% of the game was called right with the gambino family refs.
Channing is a good fit on the Suns. After the way he finished the 2007-08 season, I had high hopes for him as Aldridge's back-up last year. Whether it was his injury, his lack of focus, lack of a clearly defined role, poor fit, whatever, he just flat out didn't get it done last year. And, the Blazers rightly declined to resign him. He's not a great player, but in the right system, with a well defined role and consistent minutes, he can be an above average NBA player. The Suns got him at a bargain basement price, and it's probably the best fit for him in the entire NBA. With the trade of Shaq to Cleveland and Robin Lopez injured, he'll get plenty of minutes. If he doesn't do well now, he never will. This is the ideal situation for him. I hope he takes advantage of it. BNM
at least several similar to that, check the box scores. Love the guy but he won't be missed on the court.
Frye reminds me of Tim Thomas. He's not a bad player at all. The thing is, he's too soft to play PF and too big and slow to play SF and teams figure that out after playing him for only a little while. He can be part of a winning team, but he's got to outscore the opposing PF by 10 points or more to basically have played him even, due to the rebounding and defensive differences.
It's like the replacement refs are in collusion with the Gambino refs to force the league to bring the Gambinos back before the season starts.
He's in the right system. They love big men who can spread the floor with shooting and plays zero defense.
